Having done it a couple times, I had a few chief concerns for the "general public", all of which point to a high risk of injury for the guy or gal coming off the street...

I agree. If you can do the movements thoughtfully with someone eyeing you to assist, you'll be fine. The crossfit way is faster and with a one pair of eyes on a class of up to 20 or so. And the fitter you are, the more attention you'll get, leaving the people who need the most help to be more apt to injure…

Part of Crossfit is performing movements with a relatively high potential for injury in a competitive environment with implicit pressure to go faster and heavier. This will inevitably lead to breakdowns in form, and injuries.

But what if that kid grew up to be one of the world's top experts in the fight against AIDS?

I'm usually pretty tough about tragedies. But this has just knocked the wind out of me. I feel gloomy. I was watching the news last night and it kept switching from two breaking stories. Innocent people and kids getting blown up on the ground in Gaza and innocent people and kids getting blown out of the sky in the…

AIDS research is already loosing valuable doctors to other more profitable research. Now an asshole shot the ones willing to tackle it out of the sky. Not to mention the saint Dr. Lange and Jacqueline van Tongeren giving voice for the poor unable to pay for life saving medication. Everyone aboard was valuable and my…

Cue to some nutcases on my FB feed who are suspecting a conspiracy BECAUSE there were 108 prominent aids researchers on board. Like, aids equals gays equals Putin hates the gays equals he wants to kill the gays equals he must have shot this plane from the sky because evil.

Remember the time you didn't want to bring a child into this fucked up world? I've been debating that for some time now, but damn if this doesn't tip the scales big time.

We're never going to be able to have nice things, are we?

I'm just...chilled right now. As though the mere fact of the tragedy wasn't enough, who knows how much of an impact this will have on that area of research.

I feel sick. Just, that's all I have. Every life lost is sad, but how doubly tragic that so many of these people had so much yet to contribute to saving so many, many others.

I really just need to start sending you my therapy bills, Mark.

I went to the Oxford v. Cambridge rowing match on the Thames. I should have watched it on TV. And by 'it', I mean anything other than that boat race.

Parents Night is dreadful. Last year I was singled out by a teacher in a room full of judgmental parents because my 3rd grader, for the "art show", drew a picture of a chicken giving a horse a hand-job. Seriously. I have the photo prove it if you provide me with an e-mail to send it. When I got home, I feared…

pretty good, especially since I'm just being tongue in cheek and most people enjoy my sense of humor. oh yeah and my comment about Jada being great and the world being bad has over 300 'recommends' so far — not that people liking my comments is a huge gauge of self-worth, just that some people seem to get that I'm…

Er, going to a party and getting drunk does not make someone a lesser person, even if they are underage.

It's true we don't know much else about Jada or her life, but we DO know she is handling all this very bravely and seeing someone like her stand up for herself could make other victims feel less alone and more able…

Oh, I'm sorry. Are women and girls just not supposed to drink and ave a good time now? God forbid they do anything that isn't a sober, rational thought at a whopping 16 years old. Sounds like she had ONE drink, and it was drugged. Maybe we should give you a drink that is drugged and see how you react, being an adult…

I think Earth is wonderful, not a cesspool, because the vast majority of earthlings oppose rape. How is your negative attitude working out for you?

P.S. I don't know Twitter's policy, and in general I believe in free speech, but if anyone knows if there's a way to stop the "#jadapose" thing, we should try.